Meaning & Origins

Mainly U.S.: ostensibly from the vocabulary word for the type of liquor (earlier known as brandy wine or brand(e)wine, from Dutch brandewijn ‘distilled wine’), but probably invented as a feminine form of Brandon.

English: from an Old English personal name or byname Tutta, preserved in place names such as Tutnall (Worcestershire) and Tuttington (Norfolk), and apparently persisting into the Middle Ages. Its origin and meaning are unclear.